<br> tags are added automatically?

I found the same problem in one case, but found that the PHP script itself was responsible. This occurred, for me, when the script was preloading the contents of the FCK editor textarea. (In other words, when FCK came up with a value already filled in from a database or POST.) Somewhere in the script, prior to the value being entered, a "nl2br()" function was being called, and THIS is what caused the trouble. It is possible that your script is doing the same thing, so search for "nl2br" and see if it's messing with your text before or after the FCK area.

You have to replace all "\n" and "\r" by nothing ("")

I am having this same problem.

I save the message in draft form and leave the editor area. Upon returning and re-opening up the message, I find this:

original code:

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width=600 align=center border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>

FCK modified code:

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width=600 align=center border=0><br>
<TBODY><br>
<TR><br>
<TD><br>

And these appear throughout the entire message!

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by replacing all the "\n" and "\r"...where do I find these? I'm using version 1.4 by the way...thanks for your help.